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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Tooley Street(London Bridge Side) Accepted in the Royal Watercolour Society Open Exhibition 2009 SOLD

Last year I did this post on this piece and I am going to quote exactly what I wrote on that post-

"It was one morning early this month as I was passing through London Bridge, that I caught a sight of this view-It was enchanting- I was only armed with my digital camera - and that was it! One shot and the painting is now done. Sometimes we see places we love but just can't get down to painting them, but this time I made sure this one wasn't going to elude me!"

The exhibition highlights the recent developments in the watercolour medium and would run from 20th Feb 2009- 15th March 2009. at the Bankside Gallery.

The private view is on the 24th of February at 6.30pm(Hope I am sure about this). If you are in London, hope to see you there!

Congratulations Adebanji, Hope to see this one in the Exhibition. I managed to get to last year's. I love to visit London, we went on the Eye and I intend to paint that one day. Love the light and figures in this one. Quick thinking to get a photo just right.

Thanks Carolann, I have never been to one of these exhibitions at the Bankside Gallery. Hope to learn a lot from the various entries.

I hope you enjoy your day and have fun!

Even though I got the photo right, what really helped me was keeping the mental notes of the scene fresh in my memory and not procastinating when I got home, because that has really hindered me in the past.

I had to smile to myself when you spoke of 'procrastinating'. I'd do a lot more work if I just started something I am thinking about straight away, instead of deferring it until another day. I can always think of an excuse why I don't start painting at that moment, maybe its because once I start I don't want to stop, even to cook dinner!

God bless you Carolann, I think we all have this to deal with. I can't say I have totally overcome this, even now, just doing some portrait commission studies scares me,that's how I feel about most things before I do them.

But when the rewards come in like this one it encourages me and the thing is, we never know which work will bring great rewards. I'll tell you that I submitted 3 works into this exhibition and this was the one I added just to complete the other 2, then my wife convinced me to add this one and here we go.....!

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I am a little bloke with a big heart. I love the LORD cos he made me what I am today. I have a wonderful wife Ruth and a budding painter boy JOSH! He is 7 and a little girl who is 3!
I love sketching the human face, especially the people I meet from day to day, people I may never meet again!
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